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Esther Perel

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Esther Perel

@EstherPerel

Exploring modern relationships. Author of #MatingInCaptivity and #TheStateOfAffairsBook. Host of #WhereShouldWeBegin Podcast

New York City

Joined June 2011

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Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Aug 21, 2024
Why wait for a better sex life? This Fall, I’m releasing a two-course bundle to help you unlock desire and play your way to a more erotically charged life. bit.ly/4dNT6aq You can find some relief in knowing: you are clearly not the first person to wonder if the amount
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Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Oct 11, 2023
Be careful not to lose your humanity.
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Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
May 6, 2020
I think, in general, when people live in acute stress, either the cracks in their relationship will be amplified or the light that shines through the cracks will be amplified. You get an amplification of the best and of the worst. @NewYorker ⬇️
“This Is What Happens to Couples Under Stress”: An Interview with Esther Perel
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Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Mar 1, 2024
Expectations are resentments in the making.
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Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Jun 4, 2018
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." -James Baldwin
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Jun 19, 2018
If the last thing you touch before you sleep and the first thing you touch when you wake is your phone — change it.
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
May 22, 2016
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Dec 25, 2017
“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” ― @BreneBrown
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Apr 23, 2019
From Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving.
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Nov 19, 2016
A great relationship is an imperfect one.
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Jun 11, 2018
Make sure to always tell your friends and family how important they are in your lives. Today, I challenge each of you to make a meaningful connection with someone you love. Look out for one another.
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Oct 17, 2017
Love is a verb. Not a permanent state of enthusiasm.
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Jul 30, 2018
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source.” —Anaïs Nin
Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Dec 17, 2018
It's so easy to focus on what's missing in our partner and be critical. It's easy to think that if you were different, my life would be better, rather than sometimes to switch it around and think if I was different, my life would be better.